Read the article, "Can we Save our Salmon" and answer the following questions with some detail.

1.       Explain some of the challenges facing Atlantic salmon for their survival. (3 points)

2.       How is the CN Railway an example of the challenges facing salmon? (2 points)

3.       Give some historical examples of how Atlantic populations have changed over time. (1 point)

4.       What is the cultural importance of the salmon to the First Nations (make sure you read write to the end before answering this one) (4 points).

5.       How do volunteer organizations help to protect the salmon? (3 points)

6.       Are the salmon worth protecting? How can you contribute to their protection? (4 points)

Watch the video of Paul Greenberg “Four fish we are overeating and what to eat instead”

http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_greenberg_the_four_fish_we_re_overeating_and_what_to_eat_instead and respond to the following questions:

1. What does he mean by shrinking markets/menus? Give an example.  (3 points)
2. How many metric tons of fish come out of the oceans every year? (1 point)
3. How is aquaculture, while protecting wild stocks from over fishing, destroying their habitat? (2 points)
4. What do the farmed shrimp eat? (1 point)
5. How are dams, while good for creating non-polluting electricity, bad for migrating salmon?  (2 points)
6. What food solutions does he suggest?  (4 points)